Karen Morrison

Hog barn workers and barn owners in Saskatchewan will be governed by new labour laws sometime this summer. The province is launching its final round of consultations for a bill it hopes will bring a consistent application of workplace regulations to the industry, said labour minister Deborah Higgins. She said changes to the Labour Standards […] Read more

ST. GREGOR, Sask. – Getting the pigs into the barn by May 15 is much easier for Saskatchewan’s newest hog operation than finding enough interested workers. The Stomp Pork Farm Ltd. and Leroy Agra-Pork Co-op Ltd. operation will employ 100 workers in its barns in the Leroy-St. Gregor district, said Ivan Stomp, chief executive officer […] Read more

ST. GREGOR, Sask. – Area farmers and hog barn supporters gathered near this central Saskatchewan town April 20 to eat pork on a bun and get a look at the largest hog expansion in the province’s history. Leroy Agra-Pork Co-op Ltd., the first new generation pork production co-operative in Western Canada, officially opened one of […] Read more

Women short of time, money and patience will be a major force among food consumers in the coming decade, says food broker Christian Laudinsky. Speaking to Saskatchewan food processors about market trends, he said to expect more single-parent families headed by females to hunt through the grocery aisles in search of bargains. Lone parent families […] Read more

A Ukrainian heritage rich in language, dance and food serves Luanne Lashyn well in her job selling prairie products to the world. The executive director of the Saskatchewan Food Processors Association will follow this day of food merchandising and marketing with an evening of teaching Ukrainian dancing to children. One of five children in her […] Read more

Saskatchewan food processors need to form alliances to sell their products to the world, says grocer Harry Watson of Moose Jaw, Sask. He suggested that networks between businesses could see Saskatchewan berries added to locally processed yogurt, and Saskatchewan chicken processors buying local birds and selling the byproducts to pork producers for feed. “It should […] Read more

GIRVIN, Sask. – A decade ago, the Manz family used money saved from family allowance cheques to invest in their future on or off the farm. Tim and Janice Manz, now both 42, decided to send Tim to auctioneering school. They also approached the Farm Debt Review Board to get out from under heavy debts […] Read more

A review of Saskatchewan’s egg marketing plan and a decision last week to hold the limit for non-quota egg producers will squeeze out smaller operations, say two small egg farmers. Terry Motz and Curtis Jensen had asked the Saskatchewan Agri-Food Council to consider raising the non-quota limit of 299 birds. The council oversees the Saskatchewan […] Read more

Another herd near Prince Albert, Sask., has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The last herd testing positive in the same region was destroyed last month. That brings the number of infected herds in Canada to 41, almost all in Saskatchewan with one found in late March north of Edmonton. The latest case was discovered […] Read more

Pat and Cheryl Neville want their two sons to go to the same school on the same bus. But the Saskatchewan Central School Division will provide busing only to those attending their designated school. That means the Neville boys have to go to two different schools, one in Govan and one in Nokomis. That led […] Read more